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You can now report multiple abusive tweets in one go

Users can now flag multiple abusive tweets in one report following an update to Twitter's harassment rules.

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Twitter said it wanted to make users on the social network "feel safe expressing themselves". "Behaviour that crosses that line into abuse is against our rules, and we want it to be easy for you to report it to us," Twitter wrote in a blog post announcing the change. "So, today we're introducing an improvement to our reporting process: the ability to attach multiple tweets to a single report."

The update will let users add "more information about the extent of abuse", giving extra context that could help get reports resolved sooner.

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Twitter has often come under fire for its inability to stem the flow of abuse, which often takes place against minority groups.

But steps have been taken to prevent this abuse from happening, both by Twitter and by governments. In the UK, trolls who use fake profiles to harass other users will now face prosecution and in Germany, hate speech posted to Twitter, Facebook and Google will now be deleted within 24 hours.

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Late last year Twitter updated its rules to more clearly state that it would "not tolerate online behaviour that is intended to harass, intimidate or use fear to silence another user's voice".

The update is being rolled out on iOS, Android and on the web, with Twitter saying that it expects all users to have access to the feature within the next few weeks.